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авал

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Avar

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Etymology

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From a Turkic language, ultimately from Arabic أول. Compare Azerbaijani əvvəl.

Noun

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авал (awal)

  1. beginning

Chuvash

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal, first).[1][2] Compare Turkish evvel (beginning).

Adverb

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авал (aval)

  1. long ago, in ancient times

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “авал”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume I, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 24
  2. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “авал”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 19

Further reading

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  • авал”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.